Best Family movies of 1980s

Actors : Bo Svenson, Barbara Stock, Vidal Peterson, Thom Christopher,
Directors : Héctor Olivera,

When evil screams throughout the world. When all the galaxies converge. When all that's fair and fine seems lost. A Hero will emerge.

Actors : Josip Marotti, Ljubo Kapor, Emil Glad, Vili Matula,

A painter who can temporarily talk to the creatures of an enchanted forest, must help them stop the evil Cactus King, who's building an army of magical living weapons and machines to turn the forest into a wasteland perfect for the cacti.

Actors : Steve Railsback, Ronald France, Siphiwe Mlangeni, Glynis Johns,

An alien called Nukie searches for his brother Miko, who has been captured by the U.S. government.

Actors : Doug McKeon, John Hurt, Keith McKeon, Jane Alexander,
Directors : Delbert Mann,

Two men want to escape from East Germany, but they will only go if they can take their families with them.

Actors : Katarina Stenbeck, Mads Bugge Andersen, Katja Miehe-Renard, Peter Schrøder,
Directors : Bille August,

Buster is an aspiring magician battling his status as a geek. Making things more difficult is his small size. This movie chronicles Buster's unique way of dealing with bullies, school, his ...

Actors : Anthony Michael Hall, Claudia Christian, Jerry Orbach, Eli Danker,
Directors : Stan Winston,

A Los Angeles police detective partners up with a talking gnome in order to bring down the head of a crime ring.

Actors : Lisbet Dahl, Pernille Hansen, Vigga Bro, Sofie Bredesen,
Directors : Jannik Hastrup,

An owl, two sparrows, a dove and a pair of would-be aviator mice join forces to fight against an evil bird of prey who threatens the peace in their lovely forest.

Actors : Vanessa Sharp, Patricia Barker, Hugh Bigney, Wade Walthall,
Directors : Carroll Ballard,

The colorful holiday classic is finally brought to the big screen, designed by famed children's story author and artist Maurice Sendak, and written for the first time to be as close as ...

Actors : Selvagem Big Abreu, Marilu Bueno, Berna Ceppas, Juliana Baroni,
Directors : Tizuka Yamasaki,

The fairy tale of a young aspiring singer who leaves her hometown to a major city, in order to make her dreams come true.

Actors : Tony Danza, Danny DeVito, Stacey Nelkin, Jessica Walter,
Directors : Jeremy Joe Kronsberg,

When his father - who owned a circus - dies, Foster inherits 5 million dollars - and 3 orangutans. However there's a condition connected to the money: if he gives away the orangutans or ...

Actors : Eric Foster, John Tallman, Griffin Casey, Maurice Grandmaison,
Directors : Jay Schlossberg-Cohen,

A Bigfoot-type creature befriends Paul, a young student. His father is a park ranger trying to capture an escaped tiger. Everyone in town is on edge and wants the tiger killed. David tries to keep Bigfoot a secret.

Actors : Vera Alentova, Sergey Nikonenko, Irina Cherichenko, Nina Ruslanova,
Directors : Yuriy Kara,

This movie is based on a novel by Boris Vasiliev and describes life in a small Russian provincial town in 1940 - one year before Germany invaded the Soviet Union. Two school girls for the ...

Actors : Bobby Porter, Ned Beatty, Shelley Winters, Linda Talcott,
Directors : Linda Shayne,

A kid plays the old novelty song "Purple People Eater" and the creature actually appears. The two then proceed to help an elderly couple who are being evicted by their greedy landlord.

Actors : Tatyana Aksyuta, Kseniya Piryatinskaya, Andrey Mironov, Lev Durov,
Directors : Aleksandr Mitta,

In a medieval fantasy kingdom, two orphans, May and his sister Martha, live in poverty. A group of robbers kidnap May to use his magic talent: he feels sick when surrounded by gold, therefore he can feel gold from a long distance.

Actors : Manfredo Bahia, Xuxa, Nair Amorim, Tuca Andrada,

With the power of a magic crystal, a TV hostess becomes the only hope to defeat a malign subterranean entity, that is sick of her good, generous deeds.

Actors : Anne Bloom, Stuart Pankin, Patrick Collins, Peter Billingsley,
Directors : Hoite C. Caston,

When his mother sends Jack off with money to buy groceries, he comes home with a magic supercharged dirt bike instead. His mother is furious, but when Jack uses the magic bike to save the ...

Actors : Yôko Asagami, Keiko Takeshita, Tarô Shigaki, Asao Koike,
Directors : Kimio Yabuki,

A prince falls in love with a princess cursed to change into a swan by day, but their love is threatened by the sorcerer who keeps her imprisoned.

Actors : Hugh Pollard, Emily Richard, David Warner, Nicola Stapleton,
Directors : Len Talan,

Based on the fairy tale by The Brothers Grimm. Hansel and Gretel are trapped in the deceptively decorated house of the witch Griselda who wishes to fatten Hansel so that he may be baked ...

Actors : Linda Denise Martin, Michele Palermo, Rusty Cooper, Jim Fitzpatrick,
Directors : David Klass,

Four friends wrestle with moving out the town they were born and raised in, when they suddenly find themselves out of work because the towns only factory has been shut down.

Actors : Piotr Fronczewski, Leon Niemczyk, Slavek Wronka, Bronislaw Pawlik,
Directors : Krzysztof Gradowski,

Ten-year-old Adas, beginning his education at the Academy, finds the hideout of Bird Matt, who used to be a prince. Touched by his fate, he promises to find the magic button which has the power to restore him to human shape.